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ROSSINI AT LA SCALA.

The circumstan. ces which immediately preceded Rossini's advent in Milan read like a scene in a comedy., Off and on for two or three years he had been engaged in writing operas for the little Teatro San Mose in Venice, the impresario of which doubtless considered him in the light of a very humble protege, and imagined he could behave as he chose to a maestro in his teens. RossiniView Full Article in Timesmachine »

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